Rescue operating apparatus for elevator

Abstract

A rescue operating apparatus for an elevator has a device for transmitting a cage door open/close command from an elevator supervising section which receives notice regarding the trouble of the elevator and the stopping of the cage between floors, and an operation control device for controlling a door driver on the basis of a door open/close command from the command transmitting means to open/close the cage door thereby to confirm the full closure of the door and then control the elevator driver, thereby performing the rescue operation of the cage.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A rescue apparatus for an elevator including a cage operating between floors and having a door which normally can be opened only in a door zone defined relative to a floor, the rescue apparatus comprising: a cage driver connected to the cage to move the cage up or down;   a door driver connected to the cage door to open or close the door;   an elevator supervising section which generates and transmits a cage door open/close command;   detecting means for detecting trouble regarding the operation of the cage when the cage position is out of the door zone;   notifying means connected between the detecting means and said elevator supervising section for notifying said elevator supervising section of the trouble and the door zone status of the cage; and   operation control means operable responsive to the door open/close command for controlling said door driver to open the door temporarily and then close the door when the cage position is out of the door zone and for then controlling said cage driver to move the cage up or down to a position in the door zone when said detecting means detects the trouble is cleared.   
     
     
       2. A rescue apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the opening distance of the door when opened temporarily is limited so that a person cannot pass through the opening.